English_Age_of_Enlightenment2_11 - Cal Poly State...

1 Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo College of Architecture and Environmental Design Landscape Architecture Department LA 211 Winter Quarter 2011 Astrid F. Reeves Part Two - English Age of Enlightenment – 18 th Century Begins in the days of Queen Anne early 1700’s Affluent Merchant Class Rise of the Sciences – World Travel • Better roads make travel easier, so travel for pleasure is possible Laudable interest in Nature Great Interest in “Nature” writings and general interest in gardens • “Natural Manifestation” gives the world a wave of romanticism and sentimentality. • Worship and Deification • Public interest and awareness – writing • Criticism • Open debate The Landscape Garden School “The Beautiful” – (1712 –1790) Influenced by landscape paintings – “gardens of illusion” Dutch Painters example: Meindert Hobbema (1636-1709) Avenue at Middle Harnis • Laying out country estates to be more park like • Design on a grand scale • Gardens of Illusion and Sublime (awe inspiring, large, heroic) • Gardens which “smoothed nature” – made nature look more beautiful • Brings about the distortion of the “idea” of nature • Really sets man apart from Nature • Gave England its “pastoral look “ • Designed spaces that were “Parks” for wealthy private estates Some of the Characters: • Charles Bridgeman (d.1738) An English garden designer much influenced by the French style. He played a crucial role

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